The rejuvenation of an old pub building in Napier will be the first visible sign of a project under way to revitalise the city's poorest suburb.

A report on development and protection of coastal land in Tasman and Golden Bay has been welcomed by environmental groups.

What holds you back? Do you look forward to your next bank statement landing in your letterbox or view it akin to a grenade being delivered?

Q. Being a registered valuer, I was interested in your comments last week to a question on the depreciation of residential buildings.

Australia's ANZ has become the latest big bank to step up its push into the controversial but fast growing low-documentation lending market as more traditional forms of home lending slow down.

Press Release: ASB Bank

The housing market has returned to the less hectic conditions that prevailed before a spike in demand late last year and early this year, ASB Bank says in its quarterly report on the market.

Diligent credit card users could soon be rewarded with low interest, writes Rob Stock.

A housing market that refuses to slow down has confounded the real estate industry, as the latest residential price movement survey shows a relentless rise in house values.

Housing New Zealand is gearing up to build more than 2400 new homes in Auckland in the next five years, including blocks of up to 125 apartments.

Buyers keen to get into Auckland's Herne Bay are clamouring to buy a piece of the Sultan of Brunei's former realm.

Money has traditionally been a taboo subject in our society, not to be discussed for fear of arousing negative feelings, such as greed, jealousy and so on.

Millionaire David Henderson has been revealed as the first casualty in an alleged drug syndicate with celebrity connections, after the high-profile Auckland property developer admitted trying to buy cocaine.

AMP NZ Office Trust (ANZO), the country's largest listed investor in premium commercial office property, said today that profits for the full year to June 30, 2005, were up only marginally despite a rise in property income (total rental revenues less direct property expenses) of 32.8 per cent, to $64.0 million.

Press Release: Barfoot and Thompson

Investors in Australian unit trusts are fighting to reverse a tax ruling which could see their trusts pay an unexpected 48.5% income tax.